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Month: May 2026
Sparkle expands Quantum Safe Interconnect to 20 locations
After validation over an IPsec tunnel between Frankfurt and Singapore, QSI is now available in 20 Equinix locations across Europe, the Americas and Asia Sparkle, Italy’s leading international […]
Richard Dawkins Finds Love, Isolation as a Societal Norm, and Other AI News (Half the Answer #84, with Hagen Blix)
Is this chatbot sentient? Is AI my friend? Is isolation hackable? Trent and Caitlin discuss recent AI news, Sam Altman’s troubles legal and otherwise, labor […]
Drake wins with “Iceman” trilogy, whether we like it or not
Drake is the frog that’s been struck by lightning. The rapper on the losing end of the most high-profile rap beef in recent memory has […]
AI data center push is fueling new nuclear threat
There is a lesson that keeps arriving in new and more violent forms: Energy security is national security. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 delivered […]
China and Russia: the uneasy couple
Russia today wants to intensify its relationship with China and complains that China is not equally warm in return, treating Russia as a junior partner. […]
Top Democrats decry Trump ‘taxpayer shakedown’ and ‘super-pardon’
Top Democrats on a pair of panels in the US House of Representatives have demanded that Justice and Treasury department leaders answer for how they settled President […]
Last days of the cormorant: 10 EU countries want open season on fish-eating bird
The great cormorant has had a good run. Driven to the brink of extinction by hunters and pesticides in the 1970s, the fish-eating waterbird was […]
EU complains about ‘surprise’ UK move to roll back Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS — The EU’s economy chief criticized the U.K.’s decision to loosen planned sanctions on Russian-origin jet fuel and diesel without giving prior notice to […]
White House quietly hands Trump’s anti-fraud chief a curious exemption: report
President Donald Trump’s administration surreptitiously handed an official charged with combating “fraud” in the federal government a waiver from conflict-of-interest rules, NOTUS reported on Thursday. […]
Todd Blanche is fulfilling Trump’s ‘deepest fantasies’ in ways Pam Bondi couldn’t: MS NOW
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stepped into the limelight this week, unabashedly defending Donald Trump, making him the man of the president’s dreams, claimed MS […]
Iran Executes 2 More Prisoners In Surge Of Political Hangings
As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver ongoing […]
Men can earn bonuses for trying. Women have to deliver.
A new study has identified what researchers describe as a “gender criteria gap” in workplace evaluation, suggesting that women in leadership roles are judged more […]
Are lasers the key to GPS like navigation on the Moon?
Permanently shadowed craters have long interested scientists. Could a new laser system help future spacecraft navigate the Moon more safely?
The Man I Love review – Rami Malek needs a lighter touch in Ira Sachs’ 80s Aids drama
Cannes film festival: Sachs’ film about an HIV-positive actor in the homophobic Reagan-era 80s is well-intended, but Malek’s mannered performance is hard to love This […]
When Latin America loses its memory
Countries that once were leaders in dealing with crimes of the past in Latin America are now facing a paradigm shift. Far-right governments are calling […]
US Employers Spend Over $1.5 Billion a Year to Fight Union Efforts, Study Finds
A new report finds that U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion a year to fight labor unions, hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers to prevent […]
Israel Announces Plan to Build Military Complex at UNRWA Site It Bulldozed
Israel has approved the construction of a new military complex at a site that formerly hosted the UNRWA headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem — a […]
Opposition coalition challenges Tshisekedi over possible Constitutional Reform in DRC
Political tensions are escalating in the Democratic Republic of Congo as major opposition parties form a new coalition against a possible constitutional revision proposed by […]
Beyond protein: Why wellness platforms are the real deal
Strong demand for high-value whey proteins is driving investment and price premiums but as supply catches up, the focus is shifting toward functional premixes and […]